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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

AWARDS

Awards
In 2005-2006, as part of the annual UST Symposium, the Undergraduate Research Committee began a program which gives students the opportunity to have their presentations judged by outside experts for cash prizes. This tradition of offering judged cash prizes continued with the 2006-2007 program. The judges for the program include professors from surrounding Universities, prominent business people, museum employees, artists, and donors. Each judge is assigned several presentations in their area of expertise. The general categories were: Math/Science; Business/Education; Liberal Arts/Humanities. The prize amounts were: $150.00 for first place, $100.00 for second and $50.00 for third.

The winners for the Undergraduate Research Symposium

2006

Oral Presentations
First Prize (tie): Jorge Iglesias (History)
William Collopy (History)

Second Prize (tie): Jeannette Kutach (Education)
Matthew Jefferson (Political Science/Communication)

Third Prize (tie): Joshua Gautreau (Catholic Studies)
Christine Ayad (Communications)

Poster Presentations
First Prize (tie): John Avila (Biology)
Ara Ayeras et al. (Biology)

Second Prize (tie): Liliana Nanez (Biology)
Melissa Blancas (Biology)

Third Prize: Natalie Jabbour (Biology)

2007

Oral Session (undergraduate)
First: Janse van Rensberg (History)
Second: Aleisha Jain (International Studies)
Third: (Tie) Sarah Wilbourn (English) and Shannon Wild (English)

Oral Session (graduate)
First: Leslie Richards (MLA-History)
Second: Lisa Maguire (MLA-History)
Third: Donna Diggons (MLA-English)

Poster Session
First: Nam Nguyen (Biology)
Second: Megan Nixon and Logan Motter (Psychology)
Third: Christen Sistrunk (Psychology)